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The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness

Jennifer Latson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The poignant story of a boy's coming-of-age complicated by Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that makes people biologically incapable of distrust.What would it be like to see everyone as a friend? Twelve-year-old Eli D'Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions,...
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Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free

Susan Peirce Thompson - Hay House Inc.
Format: Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Foreword by John Robbins, author of the international bestseller DIET FOR A NEW AMERICAIn this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge...
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Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power

Anna Merlan - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump,...
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Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves

LEE DANIEL KRAVETZ - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz's Strange Contagion is a provocative look at both the science and lived experience of social contagion.In 2009, tragedy struck the town of Palo Alto: A student from the local high school had died...
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New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever

Matthias Hollwich - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

Aging is a gift that we receive with life - and in New Aging, the architect Matthias Hollwich outlines smart, simple ideas to help us experience it that way. New Aging invites us to take everything we associate with aging - the loss of freedom and vitality, the cold and sterile nursing...
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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

Kay Redfield Jamison - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Print book

The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character....
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Scatterbrain: How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative, and Successful

Henning Beck - Greystone Books - Greystone Books - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover

In this mind-bending book, an esteemed neuroscientist explains why perfectionism is pointless - and argues that mistakes, missteps, and flaws are the keys to success.Remember that time you screwed up simple math or forgot the name of your favorite song? What if someone told you that such...
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Logic: A Complete Introduction

Siu-Fan Lee - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

Understand Logic is a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating though sometimes challenging subject. As well as looking at logic in theoretical terms the book considers its everyday uses and demonstrates how it has genuine practical applications. It will take you step by step through...
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Picnic Comma Lightning: The Experience of Reality in the Twenty-First Century

Laurence Scott - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

"A stylish, playful exploration of what digital life is doing to the way we find meaning in the world." -- GuardianIn Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Humbert Humbert offers a memorably brief account of his parents' death: "picnic, lightning." Picnic Comma Lightning, too,...
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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety

Sarah Wilson - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller "Probably the best book on living with anxiety that Ive ever read." - Mark Manson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckThe Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.Sarah...
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Iris Grace: How Thula the Cat Saved a Little Girl and Her Family

Arabella Carter-Johnson - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Iris Grace is a beautiful little girl who, from a very young age, barely communicated, avoided social interaction with other people, and rarely smiled. From both before her diagnosis of autism and after, she seemed trapped in her own world, unable to connect with those around her.One day,...
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Letting Go, Sixth Edition: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years

Karen Levin Coburn - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book

The sixth edition of this classic parents' guide and college orientation staple has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the realities of college today. For more than a decade, Letting Go has provided hundreds of thousands of parents with valuable insights, information, comfort,...
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Cravings: How I Conquered Food

Judy Collins - Nan A. Talese
Format: Print book

A no-holds-barred account of folk legend Judy Collins's harrowing struggle with compulsive overeating and of the journey that led her to a solution. Since childhood Judy Collins has had a tumultuous, fraught relationship with food. Her issues with overeating nearly claimed her career and her life....
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Pretending to be Normal

Liane Holliday Willey - Jessica Kingsley
Format: Paperback

Compelling and witty, Liane Holliday Willey's account of growing to adulthood as an undiagnosed 'Aspie' has been read by thousands of people on and off the autism spectrum since it was first published in 1999. Bringing her story up to date, including her diagnosis as an adult,...
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The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius

Gail Saltz - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between the potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be "disabilities," revealing how the source of our struggles can be the origin of our greatest strengths. In The Power of Different, psychiatrist...
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The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups

Leonard Sax - Basic Books
Format: Paperback

In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed author Leonard Sax argues that rising levels of obesity, depression, and anxiety among young people can be traced to parents abdicating their authority. The result is children who have no standard of right and wrong, who lack discipline,...
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Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir

Irvin D. Yalom - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoirIrvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare:...
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What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD: A 9-step plan to master the struggles and triumphs of parenting a child with ADHD

Penny Williams - Grace-Everett Press
Format: Print book

2015 International Book Awards Winner, Psychology & Mental HealthThere are guidebooks to set expectations for pregnancy and caring for baby, but not one step-by-step guide for the challenge of learning to raise a child with ADHD... until now. What to Expect When You're Not Expecting...
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The Busy Parent’s Guide to Managing Anxiety in Children and Teens: The Parental Intelligence Way (Busy Parent Guides: Quick Reads for Powerful Solutions)

Laurie Hollman - Familius
Format: Paperback

A parents day is full of tasks to be accomplished and chores to be done. Dealing with anxiety - from social anxiety to full-blown panic attacks - just adds one more thing to that lengthy list of stresses. The Busy Parents Guide to Managing Anxiety provides a quick listen when you need quick...
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Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad-and Surprising Good-About Feeling Special

Dr. Craig Malkin - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

Harvard Medical School psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the "narcissism epidemic," by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism, identifying ways to control the trait, and explaining how too little of it may be a bad thing."What is narcissism?"...
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The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

Warren Farrell - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women. It's a crisis...
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The PTSD Solution: The Truth About Your Symptoms and How to Heal

Alan D Wolfelt - Companion Pr, 2015.
Format: Print book

A new approach to understanding PTSD as a form of grief rather than a medical disorder Have you ever felt that something essential was missing from your post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment options? If you suffer from PTSD, you know the problem is complex, but what you probably...
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The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap

Gish Jen - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

A provocative and important study of the different ideas Easterners and Westerners have about the self and society and what this means for current debates in art, education, geopolitics, and business. Never have East and West come as close as they are today, yet we are still baffled by one another....
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Souvenir

Rolf Potts - Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. For as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural...
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Read People: Understand behaviour. Expertly communicate: 20 thought-provoking lessons

Rita Carter - Aurum Press
Format: Hardcover

Can you spot a lie? Using a unique, visual approach to explore the science of behaviour, Read People shows how understanding why people act in certain ways will make you more adept at communication, more persuasive and a better judge of the motivations of others. The increasing speed of communication...
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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

Barbara Oakley - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. At a time when we are constantly being asked to retrain and reinvent ourselves to adapt to new technologies and changing industries, this book shows us how we can uncover...
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Can't Just Stop: An Investigation of Compulsions

Sharon Begley - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

The first book to examine the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior - using fascinating case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.Whether shopping with military precision or hanging the tea towels just so, compulsion is something...
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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

Melissa A Schilling - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

From historical figures such as Marie Curie to contemporaries such as Steve Jobs, a handful of innovators have changed the world. What made them so spectacularly inventive? Melissa A. Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, looks at the lives of seven creative geniuses--Albert...
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Big Ideas: The Little Book of Shakespeare

DK. - DK
Format: Paperback

This compact, portable volume brings the plays and poems of William Shakespeare to life with full-color photography, images, timelines, and quotes--the ultimate guide to understanding Shakespeare on the go.Take the Bard to the beach! This compact guide brings Shakespeare's plays and poems...
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Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It

Laurie Mintz - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

We've been thinking about sex all wrong. Mainstream media, movies, and porn have taught us that sex = penis vagina, and everything else is just secondary. Standard penetration is how men most reliably achieve orgasm. The problem is, women don't orgasm this way. We've separated...
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Don't Let Your Anxiety Run Your Life: Using the Science of Emotion Regulation and Mindfulness to Overcome Fear and Worry

David H Klemanski - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

Anxiety is an epidemic in our modern world. But studies now show there is a direct link between anxiety and how you respond to emotions. Don't Let Your Anxiety Run Your Life provides a groundbreaking, step-by-step guide for managing the thoughts and feelings that cause anxiety, worry,...
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The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child

Daniel J. Siegel - Bantam
Format: Paperback

From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlocking your child's innate capacity for resilience, compassion, and creativity. When facing contentious issues such as screen time, food choices, and bedtime, children often act out or shut...
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Conformity: The Power of Social Influences

Cass R. Sunstein - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein reveals the appeal and the danger of conformity. We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social division -- separating people along lines of religion, political conviction, race, ethnicity, and sometimes gender. How did this happen?...
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The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient

William B. Irvine - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A practical, refreshingly optimistic guide that uses centuries-old wisdom to help us better cope with the stresses of modern living.Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are hardwired, but fortunately this is not the case. Stoicism...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association
Format: Paperback

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social...
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Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do

Kathleen Trainor - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book

Ten million children in the United States -- two million of them preschoolers -- suffer from anxiety. Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents' sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist on performing tasks...
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The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

Ben Sasse - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator Ben Sasse warns the nation about the existential threat to America's future.Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents...
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Zen Dogs

Alexandra Cearns - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

Award-winning animal photographer Alex Cearns celebrates the peace, calm, and joy dogs bring to our lives with this unique full-color collection capturing eighty dogs in their most relaxed and contented moments.When Alex Cearns caught Suzi the Sharpei on film with eyes closed and an endearing...
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The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism

Kristin Dombek - FSG Originals
Format: Print book

They're among us, but they are not like us. They manipulate, lie, cheat, and steal. They are irresistibly charming and accomplished, appearing to live in a radiance beyond what we are capable of. But narcissists are empty. No one knows exactly what everyone else is full of--some kind...
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The Art of the Donald: Lessons from America's Philosopher-in-Chief

Christopher Bedford - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

Motivational self-help advice from President Donald Trump, covering everything from leadership and self-confidence to how to succeed in business.President Donald Trump knows about living the good life and achieving success. With his election to the presidency, he added to a life that already...
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Thinking Without a Banister: Essays in Understanding, 1953-1975

Hannah Arendt - Schocken
Format: Hardcover

Hannah Arendt was born in Germany in 1906 and lived in America from 1941 until her death in 1975. Thus her life spanned the tumultuous years of the twentieth century, as did her thought. She did not consider herself a philosopher, though she studied and maintained close relationships with...
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America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks

Ruth Whippman - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

Are you happy? Right now? Happy enough? As happy as everyone else? Could you be happier if you tried harder?After she packed up her British worldview (that most things were basically rubbish) and moved to America, journalist and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman found herself increasingly...
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Mindful Compassion: How the Science of Compassion Can Help You Understand Your Emotions, Live in the Present, and Connect Deeply with Others

Paul Gilbert - New Harbinger Publications, Inc.,
Format: Paperback

Are you ready to transform your mind and emotions? To cultivate compassion, stability, self-confidence, and well-being? If so, get ready to change the way you experience your life with this highly-anticipated approach using mindfulness and compassion. Therapists have long been aware of mindfulness...
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Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong

Andrew Shtulman - Basic Books
Format: Print book

Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And if you fire a bullet from a gun and drop one from your hand, which bullet hits the ground first? In a pinch we almost always get these questions wrong. Worse, we regularly misconstrue fundamental qualities of the world around us. In Scienceblind,...
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The Irresistible Introvert: Harness the Power of Quiet Charisma in a Loud World

Michaela Chung - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

Learn the tools to shed your mask of extroversion, develop your own magnetism, and reveal the true you.One third to one half of Americans are introverts in a culture that celebrates - even enforces - an ideal of extroversion and a cult of personality. Political leaders are charismatic,...
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Positive Parenting for Autism: Powerful Strategies toHelp Your Child Overcome Challenges and Thrive

Victoria Boone - Althea Press
Format: Paperback

Positive Parenting for Autism delivers practical guidance that will empower parents to implement the techniques used by professionals to help their child with autism build essential social and life skills in an encouraging, affirming way.Raising a child with autism is one of the most challenging...
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How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

Alan Jacobs - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover

How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life. As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper's,...
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Bad Advice: Get Past the "Inspirational" Wisdom That Holds You Back and Unlock Your Inner Awesome

Venus Nicolino - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Heads up; You're about to get a shitload of #GoodAdvice.For anyone fed up with the shrink-wrapped bullshit that passes for self-help these days, Bad Advice offers a fiercely smart wake-up call from relationship expert and larger-than-life TV personality Dr. V. Tackle some of self-help's...
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Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free

Wednesday Martin - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue, a bold, timely reconsideration of female infidelity that will upend everything you thought you knew about women and sex.What do straight, married female revelers at an all-women's sex club in LA have...
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F*ck Love: One Shrink's Sensible Advice for Finding a Lasting Relationship

Michael M D Bennett - Touchstone
Format: Print book

From the brilliant New York Times bestselling authors of the "refreshingly blunt" (Harper's Bazaar) F*ck Feelings - this seriously irreverent roadmap reveals the essentials to look for when you're done being suckered by the promise of true love and want...
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Living with Endometriosis: The Complete Guide to Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Treatment Options

SAMANTHA BOWICK - Hatherleigh Press
Format: Paperback

A knowledgeable handbook with a patient's perspective for women afflicted with the common, debilitating, painful disease known as endometriosisMore than 176 million women suffer with endometriosis worldwide, a condition causing agonizing pelvic pain and which affects every aspect of a woman's...
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Mental Health and Mental Disorders

Len Sperry - Greenwood
Format: Print book

Serving as an indispensable resource for students and general-interest readers alike, this three-volume work provides a comprehensive view of mental health that covers both mental well-being and mental illness.* Provides exhaustive content that affords readers a holistic understanding...
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Let's Talk About Sex: Real Stories from a Therapist's Office

Ann-Marlene Henning - Greystone Books
Format: Paperback

A renowned sexologist shows us we're not alone when it comes to problems of sex and love.Ann-Marlene Henning has improved the sex lives of thousands through her TV show and advice blog. Now, readers can experience her sought-after talk therapy in Let's Talk About Sex, which illuminates...
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The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

ESTHER PEREL - HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audiobook

[*Read by the author - Esther Perel] Iconic couples' therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel returns with a provocative look at relationships through the lens of infidelity. Affairs, she argues, have a lot to teach us about the human heart -- what we expect,...
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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Paul Bloom - Ecco
Format: Print book

A controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and familyMost people, including many policy makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers,...
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Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business

Thomas Erikson - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover

A runaway bestseller in Sweden that has sold more than a million copies worldwide, Surrounded by Idiots shares a simple, revolutionary method of understanding the people around you that will change how you interact with everyone from your coworkers to your spouse. Author Thomas Erikson...
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Fragile Bully: Understanding Our Destructive Affair With Narcissism in the Age of Trump

Laurie Helgoe - Diversion Books
Format: Paperback

Obsessive self-promotion, an aggressive triggering response, and retaliatory rants. "Both sensitive and incisive, beautifully capturing the paradoxical dynamic of narcissism -- that the grandiosity and surrounding bravado belies an underlying fragility and brittleness." -- Kenneth...
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Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self

MANOUSH ZOMORODI - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Has your smartphone become your BFF? Do you feel bored when you're not checking Facebook or Instagram? Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self explains the connection between boredom and original thinking, and explores how we can harness...
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Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Mary Pipher PhD - Riverhead Books
Format: Paperback

The 25th anniversary edition of the iconic book, revised and updated for 21st-century adolescent girls and their families.In 1994, Reviving Ophelia was published, and it shone a much-needed spotlight on the problems faced by adolescent girls. The book became iconic and helped...
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The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mothers Suicide

Gayle Brandeis - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning novelist and poet Gayle Brandeiss wrenching memoir of her complicated family history and her mothers suicide. Gayle Brandeiss mother disappeared just after Gayle gave birth to her youngest child. Several days later, her body was found: she had hanged herself in the utility...
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The Official Autism 101 Manual

Karen Simmons (Compiler) - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

When you need answers to your questions about anything related to autism, including early diagnosis, therapies, the buzz about vaccinations, social skills, self-esteem, planning for the future, coping skills, music therapy, or solving reading problems, this master collection gives you practical...
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Lithium: A Doctor, a Drug, and a Breakthrough

Walter A. Brown - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

The remarkable untold story of a miracle drug, the forgotten pioneer who discovered it, and the fight to bring lithium to the masses. The DNA double helix, penicillin, the X-ray, insulin -- these are routinely cited as some of the most important medical discoveries of the twentieth century....
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Anxiety Relief for Kids: On-the-Spot Strategies to Help Your Child Overcome Worry, Panic, and Avoidance

BRIDGET FLYNN WALKER - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

If you have a child with anxiety, you need quick, in-the-moment solutions you can easily use now to help your child face their fears and worries. Written by a psychologist and expert in childhood anxiety, this easy-to-use guide offers proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)...
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In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies

David Rieff - Yale University Press
Format: Print book

The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana's celebrated phrase, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Today, the consensus that it is moral to remember, immoral to forget, is nearly absolute. And yet is this...
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Resilient Grieving: How to Live with Loss That Changes Everything

Lucy Hone - The Experiment
Format: Paperback

The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow - by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering...
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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

HECTOR GARCIA - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

The internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai - the happiness of always being busy - as revealed by the daily habits of the world's longest-living people "Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." - Japanese proverb According...
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Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America

Stacey Patton - Beacon Press
Format: Print book

A challenge to the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes and its connections to racial violence in AmericaSeventy percent of all Americans say they favor spanking, but African American culture seems to have a special attachment to it. The overwhelming majority of Black...
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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness

Anne Harrington - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Mind Fixers tells the history of psychiatry's quest to understand the biological basis of mental illness and asks where we need to go from here.In Mind Fixers, Anne Harrington, author of The Cure Within, explores psychiatry's repeatedly frustrated struggle to understand mental disorder...
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The Essence of Resilience: Stories of Triumph over Trauma

Tanya Lauer - Hci
Format: Print book

When trauma enters the lives of the unsuspecting, it steals from their very soul. It not only robs them of peace and joy, it can take years and decades from their lives while they desperately try to fill the hole in their heart, pretending that their soul isn't leaking out of it. No one is ever...
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Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped

Russell Brand - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Russell Brand explores the idea of mentoring and shares what he's learned from the guidance of his own helpers, heroes and mentors.Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself? Mentors - the follow up to the New York Times bestseller Recovery...
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African Americans and Depression: Signs, Awareness, Treatments, and Interventions

Julia F. Hastings - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Depression does not discriminate, and yet the ways in which people and communities view and react to depression differ. The unique experiences of African Americans are often taken into account when examining other topics of interest, but mental health in general is often overlooked. African...
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LEGO therapy : how to build social competence through Lego clubs for children with autism and related conditions

Daniel B LeGoff - Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback

This complete guide to LEGO Therapy contains everything you need to know in order to set up and run a LEGO Club for children with autism spectrum disorders or related social communication difficulties and anxiety conditions.By providing a joint interest and goal, LEGO building can become...
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The Seven Chakra Personality Types: Discover the Energetic Forces that Shape Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your Place in the World

Shai Tubali - Conari Press
Format: Paperback

Chakras are energy centers in our bodies through which we experience life. Each one holds a different energy, purpose, and meaning and examining these qualities can help us use the chakras as a tool for understanding ourselves and coping with change.This book presents a system for classifying...
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Make Peace with Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Your Inner Critic

Mark Coleman - New World Library
Format: Print book

Many of us are well acquainted with our "Inner Critic." This is the voice that says not enough, not good enough, or sometimes too much. It's the voice that makes every step we take subject to criticism. The Inner Critic is inner because it knows our history, our feelings, how we tick....
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What's My Child Thinking?

Eileen Kennedy-Moore - DK
Format: Paperback

Make every moment with your child count. Tap into the psychology behind your child's behavior at every stage of development, and respond with confidence.Find out what your child really means when he says "Look what I did", "But I'm not tired," or "You're embarrassing...
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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Dk. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Now in paperback, The Philosophy Book explores the history and concepts of philosophy, and demystifies what can often be daunting subject matter.Are the ideas of Ren Descartes, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes still relevant today The Philosophy Book unpacks the writings...
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Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human

Daniel J Siegel - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller. A scientist's exploration into the mysteries of the human mind. What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind's contents -- its emotions, thoughts, and memories -- are often described,...
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Great Thinkers: Simple tools from sixty great thinkers to improve your life today.

The School of Life - The School of Life
Format: Hardcover

Typically, great thinkers have been included in encyclopedic works on the basis of reputation and historic influence. The School of Life takes a different approach, focusing instead on the thinkers whose ideas are the most helpful to our lives now. This is a collection of sixty of the most...
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Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity

Dr. Ronald Epstein M.D. - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most - safe, effective, patient-centered, compassionate care - from the foremost expert in the field.. As a third-year Harvard Medical...
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The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

Christopher Lasch - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

The classic New York Times bestseller, with a new introduction by E.J. Dionne Jr. When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a "biblical prophet" (Time) . Lasch's identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment...
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Overcoming Opioid Addiction: The Authoritative Medical Guide for Patients, Families, Doctors, and Therapists

ADAM BISAGA - The Experiment
Format: Paperback

From a leading addiction expert, a desperately needed medical guide to understanding, treating, and finally defeating opioid use disorder Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, claiming more lives than the AIDs epidemic did at its peak. Opioid...
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Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions

Alexander B Todorov - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

The scientific story of first impressions--and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrectWe make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second--and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions....
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No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

Liz Fosslien - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

"A must-read that topples the idea that emotions don't belong in the workplace."--Susan Cain, author of Quiet A hilarious guide to effectively expressing your emotions at the office, finding fulfillment, and defining work-life balance on your own terms.How do you stop the office...
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear - Avery
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestsellerTiny Changes, Remarkable ResultsNo matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach...
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5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life: Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other High-Conflict Personalities

Bill Eddy - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

Some difficult people aren't just hard to deal with - they're dangerous. Do you know someone whose moods swing wildly? Do they act unreasonably suspicious or antagonistic? Do they blame others for their own problems? When a high-conflict person has one of five common personality disorders...
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What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life

SHARON SALINE - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

A veteran psychologist presents a proven roadmap to help ADHD kids succeed in school and life You've read all the expert advice, but despite countless efforts to help your child cope better and stay on track, you're still struggling with everyday issues like homework, chores, getting to soccer...
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The Busy Parent's Guide to Managing Anger in Children and Teens: The Parental Intelligence Way

Laurie Hollman - Familius
Format: Paperback

Do you have an angry child? "Do you wonder why your child or teen seems on edge, unduly angry, and restless at times or maybe all the time? Are you uncertain if and when you should be worried? Are you so busy that sometimes you dismiss these thoughts but later reconsider them? You may be noticing...
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Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience

Meg Jay - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

Clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, Dr. Meg Jay reveals the world of the "supernormal": those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity.Whether it is bullying, the loss of a parent to divorce or death, an alcoholic or mentally...
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5 Steps to Assertiveness: How to Communicate with Confidence and Get What You Want

S Renee Smith - Althea Press
Format: Paperback

5 Steps to Assertiveness is the modern how-to guide to communicate with assertiveness and build stronger relationships in today's world.Assertiveness goes beyond standing up for yourself. Assertiveness is saying what you want in a way that makes others want to listen. This philosophy...
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Careful: A User's Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds

STEVE CASNER - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

"Gripping, page-turning material . . . a new way of thinking about survival in a world filled with hazards and distractions." - Charles Duhigg, author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of HabitA safety expert reveals why few of us are as careful as we think...
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Art as Therapy

Alain Botton - Phaidon
Format: Print book

Two authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives - now available in paperbackThis passionate, thought-provoking, often funny, and always-accessible book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic....
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The Stars in Our Eyes: The Famous, the Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them

JULIE KLAM - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author Julie Klam comes a lively and engaging exploration of celebrity: why celebrities fascinate us, what it means to be famous today, and why celebrities are so important. "When I was young I was convinced celebrities could save me," Julie Klam admits in The...
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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost...
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The Organized Child: An Effective Program to Maximize Your Kid's Potential--in School and in Life

Richard Gallagher - The Guilford Press
Format: Paperback

Are you sick of nagging your child to write down homework assignments? Is his or her backpack a black hole that eats up papers, books, and gym clothes? Organizational skills problems aren't just frustrating--they get in the way of school success and wreak havoc at home. Fortunately, help...
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Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age

Mary Bray Pipher - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller * Los Angeles Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly BestsellerThe instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Reviving Ophelia--a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they...
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What You Don't Know about Leadership, But Probably Should: Applications to Daily Life

JEFFREY KOTTLER - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

Leadership is not just for CEOs--we all find ourselves in leadership positions at one time or another, whether in meetings and classes or at social events and family gatherings. And yet, even though leadership is the single most studied aspect of all human behavior, there remains a scarcity...
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The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog

Patricia B McConnell - Atria Books
Format: Print book

In this powerful, soul-searching memoir, beautifully written in the vein of A Pack of Two and Wild, animal behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell recounts for the first time the compelling story of her dark past, memories of which are triggered by a troubled dog named Will.World-renowned...
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Unspoken Legacy: Addressing the Impact of Trauma and Addiction within the Family

Claudia Black - Central Recovery Press
Format: Paperback

A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generationsTrauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child. These injuries typically produce long-term and harmful generational consequences...
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How Psychology Works: The Facts Visually Explained

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK
Format: Hardcover

Explore the human mind and understand the science behind how people think and act in a wide variety of everyday situations with this brand-new visual guide to applied psychology.Using straightforward definitions and clear, striking visuals, this book makes the workings of the brain easy...
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The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World

ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

From a renowned foreign-policy expert, a new paradigm for strategy in the twenty-first century In 1961, Thomas Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict used game theory to radically reenvision the U.S.-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of international relations for the rest...
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Bald Is Better with Earrings: A Survivor's Guide to Getting Through Breast Cancer

Andrea Hutton - Harper Wave
Format: Paperback

The breast cancer guide every woman needs for herself, her best friend, and her sister - a warm, practical, relatable handbook, that dispels the terror, taking you step-by-step through the process, from diagnosis to post-treatment.When Andrea Hutton was diagnosed with breast cancer, she wanted...
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What Love Is: And What It Could Be

Carrie Jenkins - Basic Books
Format: Print book

What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific components. Love can be a social...
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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

Simon Sinek - Portfolio
Format: Paperback

Finally in paperback: the New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150 million...
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The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success

ALBERT-LASZLO BARABASI - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

In this pioneering examination of the scientific principles behind success, a leading researcher reveals the surprising ways in which we can turn achievement into success.Too often, accomplishment does not equate to success. We did the work but didn't get the promotion; we played hard but weren't...
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Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

Soraya L Chemaly - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

"How many women cry when angry because we've held it in for so long? How many discover that anger turned inward is depression? Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her will be good for women, and for the future of this country. After all, women have a lot to be angry about."...
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Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

Steven Johnson - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking book about making once-in-a-lifetime decisions, from the bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come FromPlenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices. But what about more consequential...
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Crazy-Stressed: Saving Todays Overwhelmed Teens with Love, Laughter, and the Science of Resilience

Michael J Bradley - Audible Studios
Format: Audiobook

Peel back the cheerful façade that parents present, and youll find that many are worried about their teens. Mood swings, impulsiveness, poor judgment, and other problems peak in these years. Add stressors such as screen addiction, cyberbullying, increasing academic demands, and time-consuming...
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Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity

Charles Duhigg - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of The Power of Habit comes a fascinating book that explores the science of productivity, and why managing how you think is more important than what you think - with an appendix of real-world lessons to apply to your life. At the core of Smarter...
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Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World

Malene Rydahl - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

This international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be, too.For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world's happiness surveys. How is it that these 5.6 million Danes are so content when they live in a country that is dark and cold nine months of the year...
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The Handy Forensic Science Answer Book: Reading Clues at the Crime Scene, Crime Lab and in Court

Patricia L Barnes-Svarney - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback

Covering the fundamentals, science, history, and analysis of clues, The Handy Forensic Science Answer Book: Reading Clues at the Crime Scene, Crime Lab and in Court provides detailed information on crime scene investigations, techniques, laboratory finding, the latest research, and controversies....
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An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk

Allison Schrager - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Is it worth swimming in shark-infested waters to surf a 50-foot, career-record wave?Is it riskier to make an action movie or a horror movie?Should sex workers forfeit 50 percent of their income for added security or take a chance and keep the extra money?Most people wouldn't expect...
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Microtrends Squared: The New Small Forces Driving the Big Disruptions Today

Mark Penn - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Ten years after his bestseller Microtrends, Mark Penn identifies the next wave of trends reshaping the future of business, culture, and politics.Mark Penn has boldly argued that the future is not shaped by society's broad, general forces but by quiet changes within narrow slices...
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Jung - The Key Ideas: Teach Yourself: An introduction to Carl Jungs pioneering work on analytical psychology, dreams, and the collective unconscious

Ruth Snowden - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

Jung - the Key Ideas is designed to quickly familiarize you with the revolutionary thinking of Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology. Explaining Jung's complex ideas in simple terms, and backing it up with references to his own texts, you will learn all the essential concepts,...
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Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

Steve Silberman - Avery Pub Group
Format: Print book

This New York Times-bestselling book upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently. What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive...
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Psychology: Essential Thinkers, Classic Theories, and How They Inform Your World

Andrea Bonior PhD - Zephyros Press
Format: Print book

Why is eyewitness testimony sometimes misleading? How does evolution explain what qualities people seek in online dating partners? These questions and many more are addressed in a convincing, thorough, and funny overview of why we are the way we are. -- Dave Haaga, Ph.D., Department Chair...
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The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

Steven Hassan - Free Press
Format: Hardcover

One of America's leading experts in cults and mind-control provides an eye-opening analysis of Trump and the indoctrination tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters.Over the past two years, Trump's behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly familiar....
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Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

Kent Hoffman RelD - Guilford
Format: Print book

Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert...
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Seeing What Others Cannot See: The Hidden Advantages of Visual Thinkers and Differently Wired Brains

Thomas G West - Prometheus Books
Format: Paperback

For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning differences. In this new book, he investigates how different kinds of brains and different...
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Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude

RAYMOND M KETHLEDGE - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

A guide to the role of solitude in good leadership, including profiles of historical and contemporary figures who have used solitude to lead with courage, creativity, and strength.Throughout history, leaders have used solitude as a matter of course. Eisenhower wrote memoranda to himself...
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A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal

Jen Waite - Plume
Format: Hardcover

**An International Bestseller**"Like Big Little Lies, A Beautiful Terrible Thing is a startling reminder that fairy tales aren't real. A master class in suspenseful storytelling, Jen Waite recounts the lies, betrayals, and infidelity she endured with unrestrained...
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Why Gender Matters, Second Edition: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences

LEONARD M D PH D SAX - Harmony
Format: Paperback

A revised and updated edition (with more than 70% new material) of the evergreen classic about the innate differences between boys and girls and how best to parent and teach girls and boys successfully, with completely new chapters on sexual orientation and on transgender and intersex...
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The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die

Keith Payne - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. Todays inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means....
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Faking It: The Lies Women Tell about Sex--And the Truths They Reveal

Lux Alptraum - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

From Out of the Binders co-founder Lux Alptraum, a controversial look at women, sex, and lying -- why myths about womens deceit persist, how they came to be, and ultimately why we must trust women When we talk about sex, we talk about women as mysterious, deceptive, and - above all - untrustworthy....
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The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall

Mark W. Moffett - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

The epic story of how humans evolved from intimate chimp communities into a world-dominating speciesIf a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles--or Borneo--with very little fear. Psychologists...
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Fake Missed Connections

Brett Fletcher Lauer - Soft Skull Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

Your wife is having an affair with my husband. It has caused some trouble in my marriage and I thought you should know.One phone call in December 2005 begins the compelling, unpredictable story of Fake Missed Connections. A child of divorce with an already fragile sense of trust, Lauer...
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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need

Ellen Karsh
Format: Paperback(5th ed.)


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The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It

YASCHA MOUNK - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

The world is in turmoil. From India to Turkey and from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. As a result, Yascha Mounk shows, democracy itself may now be at risk.Two core components of liberal democracy -- individual rights and the popular will -- are increasingly...
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Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride

David DeSteno - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A pioneering psychologist reveals how three emotions can provide the surest, quickest route to success in any realm. A string of bestsellers have alerted us to the importance of grit - an ability to persevere and control one's impulses that is so closely associated with greatness....
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A Different Perspective After Brain Injury: A Tilted Point of View

Christopher Yeoh - Routledge
Format: Paperback

Whilst preparing for his travel adventures into a world he had yet to explore, Christopher Yeoh was involved in a road traffic accident and experienced something few others would be "privileged" to witness. Eight days in a coma, more than a year in and out of hospital and a gradual...
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The Art of Reading

DAMON YOUNG - Scribe US
Format: Hardcover

'What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.' As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop...
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A Life Beyond Reason: A Father's Memoir

Chris Gabbard - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

An unflinching and luminous memoir that explores a father's philosophical transformation when he must reconsider the questions what makes us human? and whose life is worth living?Before becoming a father, Chris Gabbard was a fast-track academic finishing his doctoral dissertation...
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Daniel G. Amen - Harmony Books,
Format: Print book

In this completely revised and updated edition of the breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're...
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The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis

Martha C. Nussbaum - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From one of the world's most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend our divided country.For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honors for her books...
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On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety

ANDREA PETERSEN - Crown
Format: Hardcover

A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been...
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The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing

MERVE EMRE - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by a mother and her daughter--fiction writers with no formal training in psychology--and how it insinuated itself into our boardrooms, classrooms, and beyondThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality...
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The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret

Catherine Hewitt - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover

Catherine Hewitts The Mistress of Paris is a fantastically readable biography of a nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan who harbored an incredible secret."A gorgeous, smart, ambitious, hard-working, steely autodidact and businesswoman whose product was herself, Valtesse would be totally...
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15 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy: An Inspiring Guide to Discovering Effortless Joy

Luminita D Saviuc - Perigee Books, 2016.
Format: Print book

Based on a phenomenally popular blog post, a simple and counterintuitive approach to finding true joy When PurposeFairy.com founder Luminita Saviuc posted a list of things to let go in order to be happy, she had no idea that it would go viral, shared more than 1.2 million times and counting....
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Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are

John J Kaag - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich NietzscheHiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tale of two philosophical journeys -- one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years...
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The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy

Anthony Gottlieb - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book

The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau. "Never has the story been told so well," said the New York Review of Books of Anthony Gottlieb's The Dream of Reason, an "endlessly entertaining and frequently...
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